Eastman-kodak Company

Permabond International Corp.

Raymond N Vachon

Richard L McConnell

Wayne P Pruett

Joey C Carico

John M McIntire

James M Hawkins

Hazel R Partin

Disclosed is a shaped, thin-walled, thermoformed, heat-set article, the composition of which comprises:

Thermoformed polyester articles

Sizing compositions comprising a terpolymer derived from

Hot melt sizing compositions comprising an acrylic acid-alkyl

Disclosed are adhesive compositions which are solid but spreadable to form a coating on substrates. Solutions of the adhesive composition are formed into a gel in a useful form such as a stick. The adhesive composition comprises dibenzal sorbitol gelling agent and polyesters derived from components (A), (B) and (C) as follows:

Polyester adhesives

Compositions suitable for use as hot-melt textile warp sizes are prepared by blending copolymers of ethylene and acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and the like, with selected low-molecular-weight additives, such as low-molecular-weight ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymers, and/or dicarboxylic acids, monoglycerides and waxes. These blends have low melt viscosities, can be readily applied to textile yarns with conventional hot-melt application equipment and set up rapidly to nontacky protective coatings on the yarns. After processing of the yarns, the new hot-melt sizes are readily removable using conventional securing procedures.

Hot melt sizing compositions and fibrous articles sized therewith

Compositions suitable for use as hot-melt textile warp sizes are prepared by blending copolymers of ethylene and acrylic acid, methacryclic acid and the like, with selected low-molecular-weight additives, such as low-molecular-weight ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymers, and/or dicarboxylic acids, monoglycerides and waxes. These blends have low melt viscosities, can be readily applied to textile yarns with conventional hot-melt application equipment and set up rapidly to nontacky protective coatings on the yarns. After processing of the yarns, the new hot-melt sizes are readily removable using conventional scouring procedures.

A process for the production of stable aqueous polymer dispersions which comprises polymerizing about 10-80 percent by weight based on the total amount of non-aqueous matter of olefinically unsaturated monomers under free radical emulsion polymerization conditions in the presence of about 90-20 percent by weight based on the total amount of non-aqueous matter of water-dispersible polyester derived essentially from components (1), (2), (3) and (4) as follows:

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Kingsport, TN, United States of America

Raymond N Vachon